Topping a hill to be presented a view such as that, I would be inspired to exclaim about it too. Most of my driving at your latitude is along I- 81 and thru Virginia and thru Pennsylvania also with some blue shrouded hills.

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Topping a hill to be presented a view such as that, I would be inspired to exclaim about it too. Most of my driving at your latitude is along I- 81 and thru Virginia and thru Pennsylvania also with some blue shrouded hills.

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What road is that Phil? It looks familiar. What's the altitude at that point? About 2,000 feet?

Gesila

Gesila,that is US 23/74 going south toward Franklin. Altitude would be about 3000ft. Cowee mountain,is where I'm coming down from,and it is waay up there! I don't know the actual altitude up there,but the top of the mountain is a lot higher than where the road is. Phil

I'd love to live in the mountains of North Cackalacky. Michigan isn't all flat, there are hills in certain areas (and even a mountain, such as it is, in the UP), but southeast and the thumb are pretty flat. I live in Ohio now and though some of Ohio is hilly, particularly to the east and south, I live in the flat agricultural part of Ohio in the northwest. Corn fields as far as the eye can see, with a cluster of woods here and there. The landscape here is boring.

Karen

Gosh, I do love and miss NC! Beautiful picture, Phil.

I have only spent painfully short times in No. Carolina. Great country; great people.

Jon

Phil, I was born in Indiana and moved to Michigan when I married. I always wondered about the Michigan hillbilly thing myself! I love the rolling hills and valleys of southern Indiana. Your picture is beautiful. . I think I would like NC, too.

Thanks,everyone,but as much as I like that view,coming down the mountain,this is not the best shot I ever saw of it. The light is better sometimes,and I wish those darned power lines weren't in the shot! I heard one time of a "wire filter",but I have never found one! Phil

From 1987 thru the end of the 90s I spent many weeks in Salem/Roanoke in Virginia. We loved the Blue mountains, and you can see similar ones in your picture, they probably are continuation of that mountain area in Virginia. It seems to be very nice to live there!
Bernd

Hmmm, Bernd, I think the Blue Mountains are visible from Boston.

Are you meaning Blue Ridge Mountains? :)
Up there in New England they have the White Mountains, the Green Mountains, the Blue Mountains......you know, they like to keep it simple?

Moccasin, you are right these are the Blue Ridge Mountains. We liked the view of these blue mountains surrounding the Roanoke valley when looking up from the valley. Bernd